All teams participating will include children with special educational needs.

Seb Coe, chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games said: "We want to inspire and educate young people about Paralympic sports and this event will show that they can be enjoyed by anyone, regardless of their ability."

Alan Wood, chief executive of the Learning Trust, said: "The championships are again set to be the biggest inclusive sports event in the country."

Other sports included in the championships are boccia – a target ball sport similar to pétanque, and Goalball – a sport devised in 1946 to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired Second World War veterans during which players wear eye shades and throw a ball with a bell on it.

Since the Schools Sports Championships began in 2008, many schools have integrated Paralympic sports into their PE lessons.

One school leaver who took part in the 2008 championships, Mohammed Moossun, will be working as a volunteer at this year's event.

He describes the effect sports coaching had on him. "At my school we had six weeks of Paralympic Archery coaching which I really enjoyed. Not only because it was an opportunity to learn a sport I had never tried, but because it gave me the chance to do PE with my classmates.

"For most of my time at secondary school I used PE lessons to go to the local gym which made me feel dejected as I would have rather been doing PE.

"This has grown to become a really special event and I'm proud to be part of it."

• The School Sports Championship takes place 11-15 October. The Paralympic Games will be held from 29th August - 9th September 2012